Opening Round Of US-Iran Nuclear Talks Postponed After Israel-Lebanon Clashes Erupt

Tax Freedom Day Underestimates How Long You Work For The Government Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute, Tax Freedom Day, calculated by the Tax Foundation, “represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the nation’s tax burden.” It appears that they stopped publishing this in 2019, but others have picked up where they left off. The idea is that the income earned by taxpayers over a certain proportion of the year goes to Uncle Sam. In 2025, that date was April 16th. But the burden of government...

UK Government Plots Digital ID Lockdown On Every Phone In Lockstep With Big Tech Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, The Labour government in Britain is accelerating its assault on digital privacy under the well-worn banner of child protection. Fresh plans leaked to the press reveal ministers intend to compel Apple, Google and other tech firms to restrict smartphones so thoroughly that a digital ID will be needed to use them with unfettered access. The mechanism comes in the form of expanded age verification that effectively demands digital identification for device setup...

Three Contrarian Signals That Aren't Easy To Ignore As Earnings Season Begins Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 💰 Q1 Earnings Season Begins As a fragile ceasefire with Iran hangs in the balance and oil trades near multi-year highs, the Q1 earnings season is arriving in one of the most negatively positioned markets in years. That backdrop may be exactly the reason it’s worth reconsidering the “fade the rally” stance we posited last week. For individuals who have not been in the financial markets for very long, there is an important lesson to learn. “The...